Patents Examined by Clifford B Madamba
  • Patent number: 10991061
    Abstract: A system and method of verifying the identity of a user or registrant. The user or registrant provides identification information and registration information. The identification information may be a visual representation of an identifying item associated with location information. In some embodiments, the identification information may be a visual representation of a government issued identity. An identification module verifies the identification information and compares the verified identification information to the registration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Donald E. Irwin, Nan K. McKenzie, William A. Tartal, Victoria K. Stephen, Michael J. Amato, William G. Ackerman, Robert E. Dixon, Daniel W. Smith, Gregory Crabb, Paul Anthony Bernicchi
  • Patent number: 10984474
    Abstract: Systems and methods for buying, selling, and financing enterprise IT infrastructure capacity on a decentralized and distributed marketplace platform are disclosed. In one embodiment, the decentralized and distributed IT marketplace platform is based on the blockchain technology. In one embodiment, a blockchain-based IT marketplace platform provides a decentralized supply chain for IT assets and financial services and establishes a self-regulating and trustless marketplace of connected consumers, producers, and financiers. In one embodiment, the blockchain-based IT marketplace platform enables developing, executing, financing and monetizing modern, cloud native, enterprise compute infrastructure and software applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: EDJX, INC.
    Inventors: Delano Seymour, Douglas Steele, John Cowan
  • Patent number: 10963847
    Abstract: A group including plurality of users is established. A transaction record is maintained for the group that includes a plurality of payment transactions. Each of the plurality of payment transactions involves at least one user of the group. Additionally, a balance is maintained that indicates an amount owed by a first user of the group to a second user of the group based on one or more of the plurality of payment transactions. When a settling event occurs, the balance is settled by initiating a transfer of funds between the first user and the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Travis Harrison Kroll Green, Narelle Cozens, Peter Schmitt, Michael DePasquale, Avery Pennarun, Boris Mizhen
  • Patent number: 10963958
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and products for assessing collateral data, including appraisal data, and providing timely notification of any problems or anomalies identified for the collateral. A central server may access collateral data from a remote data source, apply rules to the collateral data to detect problems, and then create a notification describing the problems. The central server may rapidly transmit the notification to remote computing devices that were registered by a lender, so that the lender may act quickly to remediate the problems. A collateral viewer application that interacts with the notifications may also be provided to lenders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION (FREDDIE MAC)
    Inventors: Annette M. Best, Donald Rosenthal, Ferdinand T. Wang, Gary M. Skinner, Adrienne B. Lyne
  • Patent number: 10956978
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and article of manufactures for receiving a plurality of bids and offers for a binary options transaction. Each bid and offer comprises a quantity and a price. At least one rule is applied to the plurality of received bids and offers. At least one of the plurality of bids and offers is determined to be potentially manipulative. An alert that the at least one bid or offer is potentially manipulative is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventors: Rich Jaycobs, Nolan Glantz, James Les Walker
  • Patent number: 10929832
    Abstract: A mobile payment system is described that facilitates efficient and secured payment transactions from an electronic wallet on a user portable electronic device with a merchant point of sale terminal over a communication link. In one aspect, a mobile device is configured for transaction operations from a plurality of mobile transaction accounts in an electronic wallet. The mobile device includes a plurality of transaction modules operable to process transaction operations with a respective mobile transaction account, each transaction module configured for transaction operations to be completed after an authentication process using a central authentication module coupled to the plurality of transaction modules, operable to verify a user input passcode and to respond to authentication requests from the plurality of transaction module after the user input passcode is verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Barclays Execution Services Limited
    Inventors: Loren Barton, Eric Crozier, Glenn Curtiss McMillen, David A. Crake, John Bauer, Garry R. Lloyd, Christine Ann Schuetz
  • Patent number: 10922694
    Abstract: An automatic teller machine (ATM) can operate to send an electronic push request, in various instances, using only an email address to process the push request from a user. The ATM may be configured with customized display software, for example, that allows an end user to operate a touchscreen (or other input mechanism) to enter email addresses for one or more electronic transfer destinations. In various instances, the ATM may also communicate with a back-end server to perform queries on an entered email address and to map the email address to a pre-existing account or a holding account. Thus, a user can effectuate electronic transfers without needing to know, for example, a routing number associated with a destination for the transfer, representing an innovative improvement over previous electronic transfer technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Rene Mauricio Pelegero, Girish Balasubramanian, Rohan Mahadevan
  • Patent number: 10922693
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide methods and systems for configuring spending or credit limits for individual mobile devices for the same account, such as a credit card account. The spending limits may be configured by the primary account holder through a website or mobile application. A token id is set on the mobile device that corresponds to the account. The token id is unique for the individual mobile device During a mobile payment transaction, the token id is mapped back to the corresponding account and the available spending limit is evaluated with respect to the transaction. Based on this evaluation, an approval or denial for the transaction is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventor: Ankur Kulshreshtha
  • Patent number: 10902406
    Abstract: In some examples, a system receives, from a first device, an indication of a location of the first device and a notification of a transaction including an identifier that identifies both a customer and a second device associated with the customer. The system may send information related to the notification to cause the second device to present details related to the transaction. The system may receive, from the second device, an indication of a location of the second device, and may determine that the first device is in proximity to the second device by comparing the location of the first device to the location of the second device. The system may submit, to a payment processor, information related to the transaction and the determination of proximity for authentication to enable the payment processor to determine whether to approve the transaction based at least on the determination of proximity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Ben Morgan, Vanessa Erica Slavich, Brielle Alyse Rajkovich, Mathew Wilson
  • Patent number: 10896420
    Abstract: A device may determine that a user has a threshold level of interest in a type of product. The device may receive an image of a face of the user, may perform a facial recognition analysis of the image, and may determine identification information of the user based on the facial recognition analysis. The device may identify account information associated with the user based on the identification information and may identify a product in an inventory that is associated with the type of product. The device may perform a preauthorization process associated with a transaction involving the product and the user based on the account information, and may perform an action associated with the transaction based on the preauthorization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Liju Mathews, Satish Chikkaveerappa, Ponnazhakan Subramanian, Amit Deshpande
  • Patent number: 10867289
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for executing a point of sale deposit. In one embodiment, a system may include one or more memory devices storing software instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to receive deposit information related to a point of sale deposit from a mobile device, and generate a deposit token retaining at least the deposit information and deposit authorization information. The one or more processors may also be configured to transmit the deposit token to the mobile device for displaying a readable code generated based on the deposit token, receive a point of sale deposit authorization notification from the merchant device indicating at least receipt by the merchant device of the deposit token from the mobile device, and transfer funds to a financial service account based on the received deposit information and authorization notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Dennis S. Brennan
  • Patent number: 10861000
    Abstract: Method and device for processing a payment are disclosed. The method is performed at a user device and includes: receiving a user instruction for starting a payment through a pre-set payment platform; selecting a respective loading process from a plurality of loading processes for invoking a payment application, wherein: the plurality of loading processes include: a first loading process for invoking the payment application immediately in a foreground process and a second loading process for simulating at least one payment interface of the payment application in the purchase application before loading the payment application in the user device; and presenting a first payment interface at the mobile terminal in response to the user instruction and the selection of the respective loading process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Mao, Yuewei Chen, Xing Liang, Bin Zhang, Qiang Lu, Deyuan Li, Zhonghua Lai, Zhenyu Xu
  • Patent number: 10810571
    Abstract: Systems and methods for device and payment management include detecting, through a first network, that a user device that is associated with a user is located at a trusted location. A first anticipated activity that is associated with the user is determined. The first anticipated activity identifies a first activity location that is different from the trusted location. A first device management configuration that is associated with the first anticipated activity. A first user device action to be performed on the on the user device at the trusted location is determined using the device management configuration. A first notification that causes the first user device action to be performed on the user device while the user device remains at the trusted location is sent to the user device through the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Todasco, Cheng Tian
  • Patent number: 10810661
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for processing mass quote messages and generating market data. A mass quote message is received and individual orders are parsed and processed. Individual market data messages are stored in a market data message buffer. After all orders are processed, the contents of the market data message buffer is distributed as a single market data message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventors: Nimesh V. Patel, Joe Lobraco
  • Patent number: 10789596
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include systems and methods that generate and utilize digital visual codes in electronic payment transactions. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods generate digital visual codes that embed information regarding a user account of a payor (i.e., a user account of the payor within a social networking system). In one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods display the digital visual codes via a payor computing device, scan the digital visual codes via a payee computing device, and send an identifier of the payor to the social networking system based on scanning the digital visual codes. The social networking system then utilizes the identifier to identify the payor, send and receive confirmation from the payor, and finalize the payment transaction between the payor and the payee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Shen Wang, Akshay Mittal, Thilak Thenpandyian, Francesco Fogu, Yichen Jia, Shuo Song
  • Patent number: 10776857
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network include a merchant device, a client device and a payment processing device. The merchant device is adapted to allow a merchant to provide items for purchase via the network. The client device is adapted to allow a user to access the merchant device via the network and view the items for purchase. The client device is adapted to provide a payment mechanism to the user. The user generates a purchase request for an item by selecting the one item, dragging the item to the payment mechanism, and dropping the item over the payment mechanism. The payment processing device is adapted to receive the purchase request from the client device via the network and authorize the user to purchase the item from the merchant based on information passed with the purchase request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Mengerink, Upendra Mardikar, David Gausebeck
  • Patent number: 10776788
    Abstract: A computing network system including a historical authorization database, a lost and stolen card (LSC) database, an account data breach (ADB) database, and a compromised identification (CI) computing device is provided. The CI computing device retrieves a set of historical account identifiers associated with historical transactions of a candidate merchant from the historical authorization database. The CI computing device compares the historical account identifier to lost and/or stolen (LS) account data stored by the LSC database and breach data stored by the ADB database. The CI computing device generates a compromised account message when a historical account identifier has a matching account identifier within the LS account data and/or the breach data. The compromised account message includes the matching account identifier and an associated reason code indicating a cause of compromise. The CI computing device transmits the compromised account message to the candidate merchant for review and analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, David J. Senci, David Adams
  • Patent number: 10762506
    Abstract: A portable token device is described, the token device useable to request transactions performed over an interchange system. The token device authenticates a user through the use of biometric data such as a fingerprint. When in proximity to a point of sale (POS) terminal, the token device communicates with the POS terminal over a wireless network to authorize a transaction involving the user. The interchange system employs blockchain elements that can be used in a payment apparatus for managing payments or other types of transactions, and for managing user accounts. The interchange system enables users to enroll in the system, and enables the various users' computing devices to be used as confirmation centers for new transactions and/or funds transfers between users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
    Inventors: Duane Cash, Alexander B. Nagelberg, Hudson R. Jameson
  • Patent number: 10748218
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining the effectiveness of one or more autonomous (and/or semi-autonomous) operation features of a vehicle are provided. According to certain aspects, information regarding autonomous operation features of the vehicle may be used to determine an effectiveness metric indicative of the ability of each autonomous operation feature to avoid or mitigate accidents or other losses. The information may include operating data from the vehicle or other vehicles having similar autonomous operation features, test data, or loss data from other vehicles. The determined effectiveness metric may then be used to determine part or all of an insurance policy, which may be reviewed by an insured and updated based upon the effectiveness metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Blake Konrardy, Scott T. Christensen, Gregory Hayward, Scott Farris
  • Patent number: 10740760
    Abstract: Methods and system are disclosed that execute processing a payment event. In one aspect, via a framework, a request for initiating a payment event from a smart device via a smart terminal is received. Upon processing the initiated request, the received request may be authenticated based on a configuration information associated with the payment event. When the authentication is successful, a session to process the request including the payment event may be established. Based on the established session, whether to execute processing the payment event based on a combination of transaction context associated with the payment event and a device identifier associated with the smart device. Based on the determination, processing the payment event may be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Meenakshi Sundaram P